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As a young professional tech, the skill to set boundaries at work is essential to maintaining a healthy work-life balance. Here's how to say no to colleagues and managers without compromising the work you get done or how you're perceived. First off, look at everything that is expected of you and how they impact the product and yourself, and the team. Prioritize according to which ones are most important. Then whenever you...

Meditation is a practice that involves training the mind to focus and relax in order to achieve a heightened state of awareness, inducing mental and emotional calm. It's a technique to improve mental clarity, increase self-awareness, and reduce stress and anxiety.

Someone who is mediating might not seem to be doing much other than breathing or repeating a mantra over and over again. Inside their brain, however, a lot ...

Journaling is the habit of keeping a record of your thoughts, feelings, insights, and struggles and wins in your life. Whether you decide to write by hand on paper, type on the computer or use an app on your phone, journaling is a fantastic and low-cost option to maintain and improve your mental health. 

The idea of starting a journal and thereby setting the expectation of having to write may seem overwhelming at first. Bu...

Impostor syndrome is the belief many of us hold that we aren't actually as capable or smart as others think we are, no matter how much evidence there is that we're successfully navigating our professional and personal lives.

Impostor syndrome isn’t a diagnosis or a medical problem but a pattern of thinking that can lead to self-doubt, negative self-talk, and missed opportunities. According to the Journal of Gener...

In today's fast-paced world, the pressure to do more in less time has led to the widespread belief that multitasking is the key to achieving success. However, research has shown that multitasking is nothing more than a myth. Today, we will explore why multitasking is ineffective and discuss the switching cost and its demands on cognition.

00:00 Multitasking has become mainstream
01:30 The switch cost
02:33 Not...

00:00 What Is Dopamine?
01:15 The Causes of Dopamine Imbalance
02:36 Strategies for Maintaining a Healthy Dopamine Balance

Dopamine plays a crucial role in how we perceive pleasure in our lives. However, excessive consumption of processed foods, technology overuse, chronic stress, and inadequate sleep all disrupt our dopamine levels. Today, we explore the causes of dopamine imbalance and provide you with practical ...

Today, we explore the idea that focusing on one thing each day is the key to achieving extraordinary success. Despite our tendency to multitask, success comes from doing the right things in the right sequence, with each action building on the last. We also delve into the concept of the domino effect and how focusing on the right priorities can lead to momentum and awesome results.

00:00 Going Small by Focusing on one thing...

Intermittent fasting is a diet that focuses on when, rather than what, you eat. Followers of this diet eat only during a specific time period or just one meal a few days a week. Fasting can help your body burn fat more effectively and has been shown to have several potential health benefits.

00:00 Introduction
01:06 How Intermittent Fasting Works
01:50 Benefits of Intermittent Fasting
03:37 Drawbacks of Intermi...

While blue light is environmentally friendly, it may not always be so friendly to our health. For example, blue light can affect your sleep and potentially contribute to disease. Until the invention of artificial light, the sun was our only source of light, and once it had set, people spent their time in relative darkness.

00:00 What Is Blue Light
02:21 Blue Light and Sleep
03:18 Blue Light and Eye Strain
04:03...

00:00 Introduction to the Amygdala
01:35 Emotions and Social Behavior
02:37 The Impact of Stress on the Amygdala
04:43 Strategies for Calming the Amygdala

The amygdala is a small, almond-shaped structure of cells located in the temporal lobes on both sides of the brain, just above the hippocampus and below the frontal lobes. It is part of the limbic system, a group of brain structures involved in processing emo...

Motivation is best described as the process that initiates, guides, and maintains human behavior. It's a condition inside of us that desires a change, either within ourselves or in our environment. At the core of motivation is the energy for persistent goal-directed behavior. When we are motivated, we get into motion and take action, for better or worse.

Since motivation is a driving force behind all human behavior, u...

We often interpret failure as rejection in one way or the other. The brain can perceive rejection as threatening our safety and survival, thus activating mechanisms that make us feel distressed. The brain evolved to keep us alive, and it uses these painful mechanisms to get us to do whatever it thinks will lead us back to safety.

00:00 Our Biological Response to Rejection
01:37 Rejection and Failure
03:19 Processin...

Core values represent the fundamental beliefs you have about your life. They not only guide your behaviors, decisions, and actions but also bring you a sense of purpose and self-confidence. They serve to remind you what’s important to you and the things you want more of in life.

The society we live in defines success as achieving certain goals such as fame, wealth, status, and respect; a big house, a fancy car, and a large...

00:00 What Is Empathy
01:05 Types of Empathy
02:15 The Importance of Empathy
03:16 Lack of Empathy
04:18 Empathetic Conversation
05:58 Empathetic Habits
07:22 Why I Care About Empathy

Empathy is the ability to sense other people's emotions and imagine what someone else might think or feel. Empathizing with others enables you to act with compassion and find ways to reduce their distress and your...

00:00 What Is Self-Medication
00:58 My Self-Medication Story
01:55 Reasons for Self-Medication
02:29 Types of Self-Medication
03:28 Signs of Self-Medication
05:14 Dangers of Self-Medication
06:13 Awareness and Self-Medication
07:24 Beliefs and Self-Medication
08:30 Alternatives to Self-Medication

In today's busy world, fueled with anxiety and stress, many people seek relief through subs...

True confidence isn't characterized by the absence of fear but rather by having a positive relationship with it. Any time you step out of your comfort zone or take a risk, you will feel fear. That's not weakness because fear isn't your enemy; it's a powerful source of energy you can tap into for your own benefit.

Building confidence requires continuously practicing your skills until they become second n...